[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Essity jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Essity · Multiple locations # Lead Identity Governance & Administration Engineer - Saviynt (f/m/d) Multiple locations Manager or lead Administrative Listed on Essity’s official careers site. Posted October 7, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Essity’s careers site →](https://essity.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Job_opportunities/job/Lisbon-Portugal/Lead-Identity-Governance---Administration-Engineer---Saviynt--f-m-d-_Essity264317) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Essity](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/) / Lead Identity Governance & Administration Engineer - Saviynt (f/m/d) ## Job description Lead Identity Governance & Administration Engineer - Saviynt (f/m/d) Essity is a global, leading hygiene and health company. Every day, our products, solutions and services are used by a billion people around the world. Our purpose is to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, caregivers, customers and society. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa. In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at essity.com. About the Role As a Lead Identity Governance & Administration Engineer, you will play a key role in advancing Essity’s Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) capabilities. Working within our Information Security organization, you will help design, implement, and optimize identity governance solutions that improve security, support compliance, and enhance the employee experience. You will collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders across the organization, driving identity lifecycle management, access governance, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to work with leading IGA technologies and influence how identity security evolves within a global company. ### What You Will Do Identity Governance Leadership: Drive the development and continuous improvement of enterprise Identity Governance & Administration capabilities. ### Saviynt Platform Management Act as a key expert for the Saviynt platform, ensuring effective configuration, optimization, and governance. ### Application Integration Design and support integrations between identity governance solutions and key enterprise systems, including HR, directory services, cloud platforms, and business applications. ### Access Governance Lead access certification campaigns, role management initiatives, and entitlement governance activities to strengthen security and compliance. ### Identity Lifecycle Management Improve and automate joiner, mover, leaver (JML) processes across the organization. ### Security & Compliance Support audit readiness, regulatory compliance efforts, and implementation of identity-centric security controls. ### Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with Information Security, Infrastructure, HR, Application Owners, and business teams to deliver effective identity governance solutions. ### Who You Are A degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Extensive experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), including implementing and operating enterprise-scale identity governance solutions in global, complex environments, hands-on Saviynt experience is highly valued. Strong expertise in Identity Governance, Access Certifications, RBAC, Entitlement Management, Identity Lifecycle Management (JML), Segregation of Duties (SoD), and Access Request & Approval workflows. A collaborative and proactive professional with strong interpersonal skills, a high level of ownership, and the ability to build relationships across business and IT stakeholders. Fluent English communication skills are required. What We Can Offer You Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us About the Location This position can be based in one of Essity's locations: Lisbon ( Portugal) Gothenburg (Sweden), Munich (Germany), Philadelphia (US) or Paris Saint-Ouen (France). ### Application End Date 19 out. 2026 Job Requisition ID: Essity264317 ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 7, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 12, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 19, 2026 - Listed for: 12 days - Location: Multiple locations[Apply on Essity’s careers site →](https://essity.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Job_opportunities/job/Lisbon-Portugal/Lead-Identity-Governance---Administration-Engineer---Saviynt--f-m-d-_Essity264317) ## More jobs at Essity ### [Account Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/jobs/ef38ce9f87a70b4d2ba3/) ### [National Clinical Economics Solutions Manager – Wound Care](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/jobs/bd177bab00d05f690dbd/) ### [Customer Payments Administrator (f/m/d)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/jobs/eb5ced3de66267a9f95b/) Lisbon, Portugal ### [Dispenser Contract Administrator (d/w/m)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/jobs/93b4d6fd449eef822dd9/) Mannheim, Germany ### [Document Administrator](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/essity/jobs/667292a1cc4c78845f49/) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Product Owner, IAM Sr. Manager, Identity Governance & Life Cycle](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/mondelez-international/jobs/8ae6f527c584daaec944/) Mondelez International ### [Identity Access Management (IAM) Engineer – Identity Governance and Administration](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/universal-music-group/jobs/5168b1082a9285d62713/) Universal Music Group · Sydney, New South Wales ### [Identity Governance and Administration Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hp/jobs/58c05147d0b715b12eb8/) HP · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ### [Information Security Senior Engineer Identity Governance Dallas Texas United States](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/equinix/jobs/9b150385701efc0cb22e/) Equinix ### [Product Owner - Identity Governance Administration Platform](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intact-financial/jobs/247faad9bed62a1f580c/) Intact Financial OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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